With Subaru lastly planning to retire the Seventies-vintage Leone within the early Nineteen Nineties (the final Leones, badged as Loyales by that point, have been 1994 fashions), a contemporary competitor for the likes of the Civic and Escort could be wanted. That automobile turned out to be the Impreza, and the very first examples confirmed up on our shores as 1993 fashions. Here is a kind of first-year Imprezas, present in totally used-up situation in a Colorado Springs automobile graveyard not too long ago.
That is 319,554 miles on the odometer, making it one of many highest-mile Subarus I’ve ever present in such a spot.
The emissions sticker underneath the hood says it was a California automobile to start out with … however then I seen the 1997 mannequin 12 months and realized that this automobile had a hood swap sooner or later.
This seems to be the hood from an Impreza Outback Sport or WRX, and it is in tough form.
Sure, that is packaging tape getting used as a hood latch. When you realize you are a automobile’s final proprietor, it may be onerous to spend precise cash on repairs.
The construct tag reveals a March 1993 meeting date, making it one of many first Imprezas offered right here; the pink paint behind it’s the automobile’s authentic colour.
The one engine accessible for the primary couple of years of U.S.-market Imprezas was this 1.8-liter boxer 4, rated at 110 horsepower and 110 pound-feet. Make all of the head-gasket jokes you want, however this automobile lasted longer than most Corollas!
The transmission is a five-speed handbook, and this automobile has Subaru’s optionally available all-wheel-drive system (which turned customary on all U.S.-market Subarus beginning with the 1996 mannequin 12 months).
The inside is soiled however not too shredded, suggesting that this automobile was well-cared-for throughout all however its closing few years. You do not get 300,000 miles out of a automobile in the event you abuse it for its whole life (until it is a Honda Civic VX).
The 1993 Impreza was accessible as a sedan and as a wagon. A coupe model confirmed up for the 1995 mannequin 12 months.
The MSRP on this automobile with handbook transmission and AWD was $14,899, or about $31,010 in 2023 {dollars}. The very most cost-effective front-wheel-drive Impreza sedan was $11,499 in 1993 ($23,933 right now).
There’s rust, in fact, and ineffective makes an attempt to repair rust with physique filler.
Like so many Subarus I discover in Colorado boneyards, this one started its profession at a Boulder dealership.
It is identical to punk, besides it is a automobile. Apparently, this advert caught the eye of Hollywood casting administrators and resulted in Jeremy Davies getting some good film roles throughout the next years, together with as Corporal Upham in Saving Non-public Ryan.
Just about the identical factor as a Porsche 911.
You purchase your daughter a brand new Impreza to take to varsity, and she or he comes again accusing you of “using revisionist historical past.”
In its homeland, the Impreza acquired Kyle MacLachlan as its spokesman.
